BUILDING A SHIPPING CONTAINER SHOP

Looking for a cheap, strong, maintenance free, wind resistant and fireproof shop? Then shipping containers are your answer! Here I set the walls and first part of the roof for my shipping container garage! Using job skid steers and a wheel loader to move the shipping containers. Will be using rubber for the roof and eventually a concrete floor and garage door. #skidsteer #jcb #landscape #equipment #excavation #loader #shippingcontainerhouse #shippingcontainer #shippingcontainerhome #shop #garage #metalfabrication #metal #metalworking

[Commut]

Ensure your drainage is excellent around the storage containers. Otherwise humidity easily gets inside. A dehumidifier will handle one 40' High Cube if you go that route.

The end door gaskets on storage grade boxes tend to leak (among the reasons they were condemned for maritime service) but you can stop most of the water by welding a piece of angle or flat bar (just above the end door gasket so the doors still open) between the corner fittings so the rain runs off. A suitcase feeder with flux core wire is perfect for this and makes less reliable sealant not necessary.


Steel beam or heavy angle can be welded between containers to form your slab. I used beam so I can weld to my foundation. No need to make or remove wooden forms and much more versatile.

[evank]

I like the exmark mowers on the trailer. Best mower

[terryanderson]

I did similar building my retirement home. My living space is upstairs, 5 -45 footers side by side with a 40 footer perpendicular to the end of the 5. This gave me 53x40=2120 sq ft up stairs. Ground floor has 2 40 footers side by side and 1 -40 footer at the other end. The space between the ground floor is 29x40 giving me ample parking for 4 vehicle and plenty of shelving space along the outside edges in garage area. The structural issue you may have is sagging on garage roof or upstairs floor. My span is 29 foot and needed a support beam the 40 foot length. The space between parking is 12 foot and 15 foot. I used 4 inch square tubing for posts with the posts directly under the walls of upstairs conexs. Lumber beams are 2x12 with plywood sandwich making it full 4inch thick. Anchor plates with j hooks set in concrete. The height is adjustable with 4inch insert able sleeves that have 4 lag bolt securement. Hope this helps with design. Am able to assist further if needed.

[davidshumway]

Seems like a major waste of containers just to use them to cover the open section on the bottom. Seems no plan to utilize them for storage. Can't really use them if they are sideways. Probably better to build a roof over and use the extra containers as the base for another one or two of these. Rebt out the space and quickly recoup the cost of the roofs

[wisconsinbush]

I would of put the roof containers normal on top to utilize additional storage space.

[toddtomaszewski]

So much can be done with shipping containers and it can be done reasonably priced and last much longer than stick built structures.

[rhinomite]

Why tip them sideways again? Why not just stack, post like you said and have 2 stories? Not hating just asking the thought process. They’re not that cheap where I’m at to just flip over for roofing, I’d have to use the space for more junk lol

[mudpuddle]

That only makes sense if you can get the containers for free. If you are buying that many containers, I would use the money to build a wood framed shop.

[anthonymazzone]

Seems like a similar sized pole barn would be a similar cost, and it's new, and somebody else sets it up for you.

[fjfutcx]

What is the reason for putting it on its side

[tandtlandscapeandmasonry]

Just posted a update video for anyone interested

[Prodigalzson]

Yeah, Ion't know about flipping that container like that. That is gonna mess up the weight capacity of the floor of the top container big time. I'm sure the answer to why you did it that way is probably in a subsequent video... but from this angle...????

[jamesmoran]

Would have been easier with the correct equipment. Isn't that the way it always is. Even so you got it done

[randallsmerna]

These things are $8K each. That is close to $64K before you even start to add in cutting, welding and fastening, electrical, heat, insulation, concrete, doors, etc..
Easily over 100K and none of it is anchored. At least a pole barn has footings.

[robbiebooth]

Why would you use 3 skid-steer and that big loader? That container weighs no more then 9k lbs, that loader can lift around 20k lbs! Should've traded a few skid-steers in for some 10' forks. Then you could've manuevered that container however you wanted with ease... SAFELY!!!
That 3 skid-steer dancing lift was like wiping before you just didn't make sense!
ESPECIALLY when you had that loader

[crippledbeast_U-toob]

Wow... Have no idea what you are doing, do you?